The Greening Of Conservative America
Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1 Misconceptions About Environmentalism and Conservatism -- Environmentalists Are Anticapitalists and Leftists," -- Environmentalist Are Pagan Nature Worshipers -- Christians Cannot Be Environmentalists," -- Environmentalism Is Just Gloom and Doom," -- Conservatives Should Be 'for Business,"' -- 2 The "Environment Versus the Economy" Myth -- Overall, Does Environmental Protection Hurt the Economy? -- Does Environmental Protection Hurt Competitiveness? -- Does Environmental Protection Cause Industrial Flight? -- Does Environmental Protection Cause Slower Economic Growth? -- Does Environmental Protection Hurt Profits? -- What About Jobs? -- Jobs Versus Owls? The Endangered Species Act -- Conclusion -- 3 Nine Conservative Principles -- Conservatism Is Not Materialistic -- Freedom of the Individual Is Important -- Responsibility Is a Corollary of Freedom -- Private Property Is a Fundamental Social Institution -- The Free Market Is a Fundamental Social Institution -- Piety Is a Virtue, Especially Piety Toward Nature -- Society Is Intergenerational -- Prudence Is the Most Important Political Virtue -- Conservatives Are Not Ideologues -- Conclusion -- 4 Pollution -- Air Pollution -- Water Pollution -- Toxic Substances and Hazardous Wastes -- 5 Public Lands -- The Forest Service -- Destruction of the National Forests -- Below-Cost Timber Sales: The Taxpayers Lose -- Reforms -- Livestock on the Public Range -- Mining -- Federal Water Projects in the West -- Wilderness -- 6 Global Warming: The Problem -- Impacts of Global Warming -- Damage Estimates -- 7 Global Warming: Conservative Solutions -- Four Ways to Reduce the Rate of Climate Change -- Some Policies to Consider -- Electricity -- Transportation -- A Climate Protection Fund -- Costs of Climate Protection